Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2019
EU's trade standards and the export performance of small and medium-sized agri-food export firms in Egypt
Abu Hatab, Assem; Hesse, Sebastian; Surry, YvesAbstract
This paper examined the export performance of Egypt's small and medium-sized agri-food firms in relation to the proliferation and intensification of EU food safety and quality standards. The empirical work that was based on a survey and the estimation of ordered probit models revealed that certification is an indispensable market access instrument for Egypt's firms to penetrate EU markets for imported agri-food commodities. The experience of firms in the agri-food export business was associated with decreasing probabilities of border rejections and exiting export markets due to standards. Furthermore, the results implied that the surveyed firms turn to less demanding markets in terms of food safety and quality requirements as these requirements become more stringent in their traditional export markets. Finally, inconclusive findings were drawn from the role of permanent and skilled firms' labor on the export performance of the surveyed firms.Keywords
food safety and quality standards; small and medium-sized firms; ordered probit model; Egypt; European UnionPublished in
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review2019, volume: 22, number: 5, pages: 689-705
Authors' information
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics
Arish University
Hess, Sebastian
University of Kiel
Surry, Yves
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG2 Zero hunger
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR2018.0078
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/101468